https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/ 2026-04-19T14:38:18+0300 https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/ https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2021-07-08T15:42:21+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=about&rev=1625748141&do=diff Installation PMA.transfer relies on the presence of PMA.start, which can be downloaded free of charge through <http://free.pathomation.com>. text/html 2020-05-16T05:14:48+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=about_menu_bar&rev=1589595288&do=diff The menu bar is composed of five menu items : “File”, “Edit”, “View”, “Transfer”, “Help” text/html 2021-06-21T19:16:26+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=about_site_manager&rev=1624292186&do=diff About the site manager The site manager aims to make it easy for end users to store connection data related to the different Pathomation server instances (PMA.core, Pathomation cloud…). It can be initiated via : * click on button “Site Manager” (first to the left on the icons toolbar) text/html 2021-07-08T15:45:14+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=bookmarks&rev=1625748314&do=diff Bookmarks Since it’s possible to have multiple slide folders on a local HDD and access multiple slide folders on server side (either PMA.core or Pathomation cloud), bookmarks offer the possibility to save favorite combinations of local/remote directories to navigate directly to once a connection is successfully initiated. text/html 2020-09-01T03:57:22+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=connection_bar_logging_text_area&rev=1598921842&do=diff For PMA.core : * Host : PMA.core instance to connect to, it should be in this form “http(s)://xxxxx/pma.core.2/” * Username & Password : connection credentials * Folder : Remote directory on server to navigate to if connection is successful text/html 2021-07-08T15:47:18+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=connection_to_remote_site&rev=1625748438&do=diff Connection to a remote site To connect to a remote server (for the purpose of a “server to server” transfer), you need to click on button “local folder” then select the menu item “Remote server” : The following window opens up, option text/html 2021-07-08T15:51:31+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=context_menu_for_folders&rev=1625748691&do=diff Context menu for folders Local site Initiated via mouse right click within the table view borders, it’s composed of one menu item : “Upload folder to remote site”. Upload folder to remote site : Has been be discussed in details earlier on this tutorial. text/html 2020-05-16T05:14:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=context_menu_for_folders_remote&rev=1589595289&do=diff Initiated via mouse right click within the table view borders, it’s composed of three menu items : “Rename folder”, “Delete folder”, “Download folder”. Rename folder : Click on this option pops up the following window : It's only permitted to rename empty folders and the new name shouldn't be already used on a neighboring folder. text/html 2021-07-08T15:49:17+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=context_menu_for_slides&rev=1625748557&do=diff Context menu for slides Local site Initiated via mouse right click within the table view borders, it’s composed of four menu items : “Open slide in PMA.start”, “Upload slide to remote site”, “Inspect slide” and “Copy full path”. text/html 2021-07-08T15:51:16+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=context_menu_for_slides_remote&rev=1625748676&do=diff Context menu for slides (remote) Initiated via mouse right click within the table view borders, it’s composed of six menu items : “Open slide in PMA.core”, “Download slide to local folder”, “Rename slide”, “Delete slide”, “Inspect slide”, “Copy full path”. text/html 2021-07-08T15:48:40+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=create_new_folder&rev=1625748520&do=diff Create new folder Click on this button pops up the following dialog window : Name of the folder to be created should be added on the text field then a click on button “OK” for confirmation. If operation is successful, the folder is added and the table view is automatically refreshed to show the newly created folder, otherwise one of the following windows pops up : text/html 2021-07-08T15:50:39+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=create_new_folder_remote&rev=1625748639&do=diff Create new folder (remote) Click on this button pops up the following dialog window : Name of the folder to be created should be added on the text field then a click on button “OK” for confirmation. If operation is successful, the folder is added and the table view is automatically refreshed to show the newly created folder, otherwise one of the following windows pops up : text/html 2020-05-16T05:14:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=edit&rev=1589595289&do=diff * Click on “Clear log”, clears logging messages in the text area below connection text fields text/html 2020-05-16T05:14:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=file&rev=1589595289&do=diff * Click on “Site Manager” launches Site manager window * Click on “Exit”, shuts down PMA.Transfer text/html 2021-07-08T15:44:46+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=folders&rev=1625748286&do=diff Folders Folders organize “sites” (and consequently “Bookmarks”) functionally to give end users better visibility : * Click on button “New Site” creates a new site inside selected folder. * Click on button “New Folder” creates a new folder inside selected folder. text/html 2021-07-08T15:48:21+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=folders_navigation_tree&rev=1625748501&do=diff Folders navigation tree For local site connection : Click on button “Local folder” opens a tree view window to select folder to navigate to. Action takes places by a click on button “OK”, while “cancel” simply cancels operation. For remote site connection : text/html 2021-07-08T15:50:22+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=folders_navigation_tree_remote&rev=1625748622&do=diff Folder navigation tree (remote) Click on button “Remote Directory” opens a tree view window to select folder to navigate to. Action takes places by a click on button “OK”, while “cancel” simply cancels operation. It's worth also noting that the folder blue icon refers to a root directory, while the yellow icon refers to a non root one. text/html 2021-06-22T15:10:29+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=geo-replication&rev=1624363829&do=diff Geo-replication and parallel uploads Sometimes you have slides that you want to upload to multiple destinations. Two examples of scenarios where this is appropriate may be: * You're using PMA.control on a global scale. Your PMA.control setup connects to multiple text/html 2020-05-16T05:14:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=help&rev=1589595289&do=diff * Click on “Manual” downloads latest version of PMA.transfer manual. * Click on “Supported file formats” loads a table view of the supported file formats by PMA.transfer. * Click on “Helpdesk” redirects to a web interface to create a support ticket. text/html 2021-07-08T15:46:54+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=initiating_a_download&rev=1625748414&do=diff Initiating a download In the context of PMA.transfer, a download refers to the action of transferring a slide from a remote site (either PMA.core or My Pathomation) to a local site (local HDD). There are four options to launch a download : * Select a slide on remote site (Table view to the right) then click on button text/html 2021-07-08T15:47:34+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=initiating_a_transfer&rev=1625748454&do=diff Initiating a transfer In the context of PMA.transfer, a transfer refers to the action of transferring a slide from a remote server (either PMA.core or My Pathomation) to a remote server (either PMA.core or My Pathomation). There are three options to initiate a server to server transfer : text/html 2021-07-08T15:46:18+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=initiating_an_upload&rev=1625748378&do=diff Initiating an upload In the context of PMA.transfer, an upload refers to the action of transferring a slide from a local site (local HDD) to a remote server (either PMA.core or My Pathomation). There are four options to launch an upload : * Select a slide on local site (Table view to the left) then click on button text/html 2021-07-08T15:44:00+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=installation&rev=1625748240&do=diff Installation Windows * Extract file PMA.transfer.2.2.0.103.zip into a destination folder * Navigate to destination folder * Double click on file PMA.transfer.exe MacOS * Double click on file PMA.transfer.2.2.0.103.dmg * The disk image gets mounted and you get prompted with the following window text/html 2021-06-18T17:09:21+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=menu_bar&rev=1624025361&do=diff Menu bar The menu bar is composed of five menu items : “File”, “Edit”, “View”, “Transfer”, “Help” File * Click on “Site Manager” launches Site manager window * Click on “Exit”, shuts down PMA.Transfer Edit * text/html 2021-07-08T15:48:59+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=menu_button_view&rev=1625748539&do=diff Menu button view Composed of three menu items : Details, Thumbnails, Refresh Details : This is the default view mode for the table view, it includes an icon, “Slidename”, “Slidesize”, “FileType”, “Last Modified” columns Thumbnails : text/html 2021-07-08T15:50:56+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=menu_button_view_remote&rev=1625748656&do=diff Menu button view (remote) Composed of four menu items : Details, Thumbnails, Back to initial folder and Refresh. Details : This is the default view mode for the table view, it includes an icon, “Slidename”, “Slidesize”, “FileType”, “Last Modified” columns text/html 2020-09-05T05:08:06+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=monitoring_a_download&rev=1599271686&do=diff The tree table view is intended to monitor download progress and keep track of successful/aborted downloads. The toolbar to the bottom permits to switch between queued uploads/downloads, successful and aborted ones. Queued files : When a download is started, the slide (including the related files) are added to the view in a tree fashion. The progress bar, download speed and remaining time for each file and also the whole slide keep end user informed about the upload progress. text/html 2021-07-08T15:47:59+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=monitoring_a_transfer&rev=1625748479&do=diff Monitoring a transfer The table view is intended to monitor transfer progress and keep track of transfers' outcome. When a transfer is started, the slide is added to the view in a table view fashion. The status and the progress bar for each slide keep the end user informed about the transfer progress. text/html 2021-07-08T15:46:38+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=monitoring_an_upload&rev=1625748398&do=diff Monitoring an upload The tree table view is intended to monitor upload progress and keep track of successful/aborted uploads. The toolbar to the bottom permits to switch between queued uploads/downloads, successful and aborted ones. Queued files : text/html 2021-07-08T15:44:31+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=my_sites&rev=1625748271&do=diff My sites The node “My Sites” is the root of the site manager tree, it cannot be deleted or renamed. * Click on button “New Site” creates a new site inside “My Sites”. * Click on button “New Folder” creates a new folder inside “My Sites”. text/html 2021-07-08T15:49:59+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=navigation&rev=1625748599&do=diff Navigation * Double click to navigate into a folder * Double click on this row (to the top) to navigate to a parent folder * Click on column headers to sort content in the table view by slides’ name, slides’ size, file type (folder or slide) and last modification date in ascendant or descendant order. text/html 2020-05-16T05:14:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=navigation_remote&rev=1589595289&do=diff * Double click to navigate into a folder * Double click on this row (to the top) to navigate to a parent folder * Click on column headers to sort content in the table view by slides’ name, slides’ size, file type (folder or slide) and last modification date in ascendant or descendant order. text/html 2025-09-29T13:30:22+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=release_history&rev=1759141822&do=diff Release history Version Revision Released PMA.transfer 2.0.0 50 May 2019 PMA.transfer 2.0.1 55 July 2019 PMA.transfer 2.0.2 60 September 2019 PMA.transfer 2.0.3 72 January 2020 text/html 2021-06-21T19:05:15+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=sidebar&rev=1624291515&do=diff About PMA.Transfer * Who should read this * Release history Installation * About * System requirements * Installation Site Manager * About * My Sites * Folders * Sites * Bookmarks Menu bar & Toolbars * Menu bar * Toolbars Upload and download * Initiating an upload * Monitoring an upload * Initiating a download * Monitoring a download * Geo-replication Server to server transfers * Connection to remote site * Initiating a transfer * Monitoring a t… text/html 2021-07-08T15:44:59+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=sites&rev=1625748299&do=diff Sites Sites define connection details to connect to a server instance (which can be PMA.core or cloud instance) ”General” & “Advanced” tabs gather the connection details for the selected site. If “Cloud” Radio button is selected, host Text field and Encryption Radio are deactivated and switched automatically to values “host.pathomation.com”, “” and “HTTPS” respectively. text/html 2021-06-21T20:00:19+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=start&rev=1624294819&do=diff PMA.transfer wiki start page PMA.transfer is a slide transfer desktop application aimed to make slide transfer an easier process by remedying to a couple of frequent recurring problems (transfer failure, timeouts, Firewall issues, security, integrity check…) text/html 2021-07-08T15:43:40+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=system_requirements&rev=1625748220&do=diff System requirements PMA.transfer is available for Windows, MacOs and Unix. The minimal distribution required for each is : * Windows 7 or later * MacOS 10.14 or later It's worth mentioning that the Java runtime environment is no longer required as it is included out of the box in the self-containing package for each platform : Windows, MacOS and Unix. text/html 2020-09-04T18:49:38+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=toolbar&rev=1599234578&do=diff From left to right : * Site Manager : launches site manager window * Disconnect : disconnect from current session, if no connection is already established an alert dialog pops up for notification. * Start upload : Enabled when a slide on local HDD is selected, it initiates an upload to the remote site PMA.transfer is actually connected to (a couple of checks are operated before an upload can be started : duplicate slide name, slide already being uploaded, no connection…) text/html 2021-06-18T17:13:47+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=toolbars&rev=1624025627&do=diff Toolbars Toolbar From left to right : * Site Manager : launches site manager window * Disconnect : disconnect from current session, if no connection is already established an alert dialog pops up for notification. * Start upload : Enabled when a slide on local HDD is selected, it initiates an upload to the remote site PMA.transfer is actually connected to (a couple of checks are operated before an upload can be started : duplicate slide name, slide already being uploaded, no connectio… text/html 2020-05-16T05:14:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=transfer&rev=1589595290&do=diff * Click on “upload slide” : Enabled when a slide on local HDD is selected, it initiates an upload to the remote site PMA.transfer is actually connected to (a couple of checks are operated before an upload can be started : duplicate slide name, slide already being uploaded, no connection…) text/html 2020-05-16T05:14:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=view&rev=1589595290&do=diff * Click on “Refresh local site”, refreshes the table view to the left related to content on end user’s local computer. * Click on “Full screen” switches to full screen display. text/html 2021-06-18T17:24:56+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=what_s_new_in_version_2.0.1&rev=1624026296&do=diff What's new in version 2.0.1 General improvements : * Log file menu item to open directly the current log file in addition to log files' location * Added file format to “inspect slide” interface Bug fixes : * VSI slides' transfer issue text/html 2021-06-18T17:25:15+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=what_s_new_in_version_2.0.2&rev=1624026315&do=diff What's new in version 2.0.2 General improvements : * Ask for confirmation before closing the app * Auto detect white or black text color depending on text area background color * Add recursive folder download feature Bug fixes : * Fix thumbnail text/html 2021-06-18T17:25:32+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=what_s_new_in_version_2.0.3&rev=1624026332&do=diff What's new in version 2.0.3 New features : * Bypass proxy * Delete directories on server side (only if empty and not a root one) * Rename directories on server side (only if empty and not a root one) * Delete slides on server side * Rename slides on server side text/html 2021-06-18T17:25:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=what_s_new_in_version_2.1.0&rev=1624026350&do=diff What's new in version 2.1.0 New features : * Interfacing with the new My Pathomation API * Adding create/rename/delete folder features for My Pathomation accounts * Adding rename/delete slide features for My Pathomation accounts * Adding drag & drop functionality for download text/html 2021-06-18T17:26:10+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=what_s_new_in_version_2.1.1&rev=1624026370&do=diff What's new in version 2.1.1 General improvements : * Compliance with PMA.start and PMA.start dotnetcore on Windows * Adding support of VPN connections text/html 2021-06-18T17:26:57+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=what_s_new_in_version_2.2.0&rev=1624026417&do=diff What's new in version 2.2.0 New features : * Server to server transfers * Multiple selection of slides for transfer General improvements : * Compliance with PMA.start dotnetcore on MacOs & Unix * Improved error messages (transfer of empty folders, transfers to location that require elevation of privileges..) text/html 2021-06-18T17:27:10+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=what_s_new_in_version_2.2.1&rev=1624026430&do=diff What's new in version 2.2.1 New features : * User quota enforcement General improvements : * Error handling for uploads to Azure directories * Improved error handling for server to server transfers * Support for My Pathomation “add slide text/html 2021-08-12T14:54:59+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=what_s_new_in_version_2.2.2&rev=1628769299&do=diff What's new in version 2.2.2 New features : * Improved reporting of successful slide transfers (interactive vs. console) Bug fixes : * Slide (file)size is reported correctly again * Connectivity to My Pathomation is operational again text/html 2022-11-04T12:08:59+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=what_s_new_in_version_2.2.3&rev=1667552939&do=diff What's new in version 2.2.3.d086727c81? PMA.transfer 2.2.3.d086727c81 is an improved version of the previous PMA.transfer with fixed bugs and new features in functionality. General improvements * Upload slides and folders to the Amazon s3 cloud. text/html 2023-02-27T16:06:52+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=what_s_new_in_version_2.2.4&rev=1677503212&do=diff What's new in version 2.2.4.d67f7abd23? PMA.transfer 2.2.4.d67f7abd23 is an improved version of the previous PMA.transfer with fixed bugs and new features in functionality. General improvements * In this build version upload and download slides and folders execute whru Maven dependency(2.0.0.117) text/html 2021-07-08T15:40:43+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.pathomation.com/PMA.transfer/doku.php?id=who_should_read_this&rev=1625748043&do=diff Who should read this Any end user who wants to transfer slide between a local site (PMA.start) and a remote one (PMA.core or My Pathomation) or between two remote servers (PMA.core and My Pathomation interchangeably). Users that are primarily focused on My Pathomation should also have a look at the recent upload capabilities added to